The news unfolded quickly and spread within moments on social media. Right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10 while speaking at a Utah college campus. His murderer remains at large.
In the chaos of this moment, it’s easy to lose sight of the people most affected: His family.
Kirk, 31, was a husband to Erika Frantzve and father of two young children. A daughter, 3, and a son, 1, who will live the rest of their lives without him. A crushing, stinging kind of grief that won’t ever fully heal. Videos and photos of Kirk with his children are heartbreaking and hard to watch.
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“She will never be embraced by her Daddy again,” one Instagram commenter wrote of a sweet moment between Kirk and his daughter on a Fox News set. “She will never again receive that smile.” Another added: “So sad, whether you like him or hate him. He’s a husband, father, and influencer to millions. May God protect him.”